Sh*t! I could feel the blood around my neck leaking out, but the other two wolves also had gotten up from the ground and were coming back for me. Suddenly, the one that was biting me loosened up and collapsed.'Alpha? Are you okay?' One of my warriors finally noticed my situation and was able to ru
"Look at me," the woman demanded. My eyes moved to lock onto hers. "Do you know the source of your agony, Alpha Ethan?" she asked me.I couldn't respond verbally, but I knew the answer to the question. Rosalie's beautiful face flickered before my eyes.But her face did not wear the calm, serene exp
I remembered the woman saying I couldn't give her my strength, but she didn't need it.She was strong enough on her own.When I opened my eyes again, Rosalie was looking directly at me. In her eyes, I saw the fight, the determination, the spark that I loved so much about her. "I can do this," she sa
**Soren's POV"Ethan did what?!" I asked as my right-hand man came into my office. "Yes, sir, it's in the headlines everywhere. 'Royal Wedding Turns Into Judgment' is the title of the article talking about it." Thomas said, "Gutsy move, I gotta say. He's really not into that Madalynn, huh?""Not fu
Why couldn't it be more than that? Why couldn't I keep Rosalie and her child because they had once belonged to Ethan and also have feelings for them?After all, it would certainly be all the sweeter to hear that little baby call me Dada knowing that it was Ethan who was meant to be raising the babe.
**Rosalie's POVHe was finally here!And he was perfect!Looking down at that precious little face, I smiled through my tears of joy and gently rocked the sleeping bundle in my arms.After all of these months of carrying this sweet baby in my belly, now he was here, and I finally got to meet him.He
I smiled, "I agree.""Well, I should let you rest," he said. "But when the two of you are ready, I want to hold that baby."I smiled up at him. He was sweet. Regardless of my doubts and suspicions of him, he had been my friend and by my side during my most difficult times. "I'm sure you'll get plen
Sweat broke out all over my body, but I felt cold and clammy as I tried to brush my hair away from my face with my free hand. It felt like I was moving in slow motion, like my body was underwater.Even when I had doubts and suspicions towards Soren, I still believed that he had his burden and he did
The entire family had gathered in the dining room and was chatting amiably over a very impressive spread that had been laid out by the kitchen–two prime rib roasts, a honeyed ham, and three roast ducks were the centerpieces of the table, all of which were being enjoyed liberally by everyone.George
RowanMom ran her fingers across Selene's head, admiring her fine white hair. She looked every ounce the doting grandmother instead of a ball of uncertainty, like Maeve. Maeve was pacing back and forth near the fall wall of my bedroom, her arms folded across her chest and her head bent as she tried
Kacidra joined in the conversation. "Maeve is right, Rowan. We need to know what's happening with you and Hanna, or else we'll never be able to help."Rosalie's voice was calm and supportive as she asked, "Is it Hanna that's troubling you, son? Is she doing all right?My first instinct was to tell t
Gemma and Ernest had flown down with my parents and their son George, who was just two months older than Maeve's sons.A moment later, the library door opened and more of our family members poured in, as if they were fully aware of the thoughts I'd just had and I'd summoned them. I pushed aside my n
RowanThe castle was abuzz with its usual day-to-day activities. Servants and maids passed me in the hallway carrying baskets of laundry and trays of tea. I could hear the clattering of cookware as I left my office and walked toward the grand staircase off the foyer, seeing the door to the servants'
"Who? What happens?""There's so much more out there," Mara said dreamily. "So, so much more.""Maeve!" Troy called from down the beach.I turned to look at him, and when I turned back to Mara, she had taken off. "Wait!" I called after her, but she had already made it out of earshot, her footsteps l
Best of all, Troy was happy. He was at peace and at home. But there was still much work to be done.We were spending several weeks jumping from island to island, taking stock of the wellbeing of the inhabitants, and making a list of what was needed. Most of the islands were in need of medicine, inf
Maeve–Four Months LaterSuntra was not what I was expecting. I had become accustomed to the seemingly endless white-sand beaches of Avondale, where the sand grit was so fine it felt like powdered sugar as you walked barefoot in the surf. Suntra's sand was coarse and golden and dappled with tidepool
I straightened up a bit, shifting Oliver's weight in my arms as I narrowed my eyes back at him, sizing him up. A man roughly my father's age came bounding out of their house, waving at me apologetically as he leaned to whisper harshly in the ear of the man I assumed was his father.Whatever his son